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He tweeted: "I would like to thank the hacker... I've just got 500 hits in 20 mins!!" before adding "Make that 700 in 25 minutes!!!"

Sir Ian's friends and colleagues were quick to mock him after the incident, with BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew saying he had been put off having sausages for breakfast and opted for granola instead.

And Michael Vaughan, another ex-England skipper, attempted to copy the pose with his clothes on, adding a caption of "Hacker has got me as well..."